The May meeting for the Ohio North Database Training user group will be on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. May the fourth be with you!* This will be a virtual event and our featured speaker will be Jeff Iannucci, a Data Platform community member from Arizona who presented at our last Cleveland SQLSaturday in 2020.
The online meeting will start at 5PM EST with a social hour. This is an unstructured hour where you can join us to catch up and meet other members of the group before the session starts.
Updates and announcements will commence at 6PM EST, with Jeff’s session starting after that. The title for Jeff’s session is titled Mastering Digital Communication – something that’s relevant for all of us right now! Please see the abstract below for more details.
We hope to see you there! *Start Wars attire optional.
- Meeting RSVP (link to online meeting available after registration)
Session Abstract
“Excellent communication skills” shows up repeatedly as a job requirement, and yet all of us struggle with the technological tools we use to speak with others. For example, how many times have you sent an urgent email that didn’t get any replies? Have you put something important in a chat that confused your colleagues? Do colleagues seem disinterested when you speak during online meetings?
To remedy these frustrating situations, we’re going to examine the different types of digital communication we have available to us, when to use each type (hint: they’re not interchangeable), and also how to format and deliver your communication to get your point across quickly and clearly. You’ll leave with a stronger understanding of how to use these modern tools to communicate successfully, resulting in greater influence.
Speaker Bio
Jeff Iannucci is a Senior Database Administrator for DriveTime in Tempe, AZ. He has over 20 years of SQL Server experience as both a DBA and Developer in diverse environments such as health care, finance, retail sales, and government. He writes about solving problems for database professionals on both twitter (@DesertDBA) and his blog (desertdba.com), and has been chosen as an Idera ACE for 2021.
